Quite often, we talk about life of purpose. A life of purpose is a life of impact. No one ever promised that the journey of life would be smooth and rosy. If you have your life, you have it all in your hands.
If your story is too smooth it will not inspire anyone. If your story is not inspiring someone, it’s not a story worth telling. A story untold is not better than an event that never happened. A story is better than a thousand words.
Benjamin Franklin wrote that “if you don’t want to be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing”. Choose one or both to leave a mark when you are no more. You are too important to leave this world without a trace.
We are all in pursuit of success. I am yet to see a mortal who consciously seeks failure but sometimes failure comes knocking unsolicited. The strength you find in what you call failure may be the lifeline for the success you seek.
The pains of failure and disappointment are real. “Pain means you are still alive and life means there’s still time”. If you train your mind to know that a journey that is smooth can also be rough, you are more likely to be prepared to respond to the vicissitude of life if it comes.
If you get overwhelmed and your inner strength wanes like Christ when He said it is finished, draw strength from the power of His resurrection. That He rolled the stone and arose on the third day is an assurance that the dry bones can rise again.
Choose a day for yourself that does not depend on how everyone else wants theirs to be. It is okay to not be okay but it is not over until you stop breathing.
Hallelujah, Christ is risen. He’s alive.
©️ Akin Oluwadare Jnr.
06 April 2026
